Author Archives: Vijayashankar Na
Does Intermediary Regulation apply to Corporate Zoom meets?
An interesting question has been raised by the Indian Corporate sector regarding the applicability of the new Intermediary Guideline to the corporate interaction platforms such as Zoom/Goto Meeting/webex/Google or Team other companies facilitating streaming of content and messaging among users … Continue reading
If Police or the Magistrate cannot understand the law, donot blame the law
On 25th February 2021, the Government of India notified a landmark set of rules under Section 79 of Information Technology Act 2000 (ITA 2000) called the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media ethics Code) Rules 2021. Since the regulation … Continue reading
The New Digital Media Regulation and the New Media War
The Government of India is trying to fight the Information war with the Twitter which had started the Greta-Disha Attack on the Integrity and sovereignty of India. It was unfortunate that the ASJ hearing the bail pleas of Disha Ravi … Continue reading
Digital Media Compliance Guidance Center (DMCGC) set up by Naavi.org
With the notification of the new Intermediary Guidelines 2021 (Information Technology [Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021] notified on 25th February 2021, the Digital Publication scenario in India has changed substantially. It will take some time for … Continue reading
ICANN Terminates Registrar accreditation to Net4India
ICANN has announced that it has terminated the license given to Net4India as a domain name registrar. The announcement states Quote “LOS ANGELES – 26 February 2021 – Today, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced the … Continue reading
New Intermediary Guidelines
In December 2018, Government of India came up with a draft Intermediary guidelines under Section 79 of ITA 2000/8. Some of the articles written at that time are available below in this link Most of the points discussed at that … Continue reading